Jessica Littmann and Nurzan Binti Zahid Hussin set out dinner for Nurzan’s sons in the Dil Mohamad family apartment in the West Ridge neighborhood on Nov. 19, 2023. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) The friendship between the two women was unlikely in so many ways. One is a devout Muslim who fled religious persecution in Myanmar, arriving in Chicago last year as a pregnant refugee. The other is a Jewish descendant of Holocaust survivors. Advertisement Their deep connection was born of parallel legacies of oppression, immigration and resilience. Then it was strengthened by calamity during an emergency labor and perilous delivery....
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